David Wong Louie (Chinese: 雷祖威; pinyin: Léi Zǔwēi; December 20, 1954 – September 19, 2018)[1] was a Chinese-American novelist and short story writer.
(Master of Fine Arts) in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa in 1981 and an A.B.
He taught at Vassar College and the University of California, Los Angeles.
[4] It was also named a Notable Book by The New York Times and a Voice Literary Supplement Favorite.
Louie's essay "Eat, Memory," on his experience living with throat cancer, receiving a tracheostomy tube, and using a G-tube for six years, was originally published in Harper's Magazine in August 2017.